The BBC is reporting that a restaurant owner has apologized to some customers who received the above-pictured bill.
“”I couldn’t believe it. The bill read ‘fish cakes’, which one of us had for a starter, and it was written right above it – absolutely disgusting language.
“We actually booked the table for 8 o’ clock in the evening, by the ,time they had taken our order it was quarter to nine and we didn’t actually receive our food until quarter past 10.”
She added: “I’d like a written apology from the restaurant and I’d also like some compensation.“I think that the way that we’ve been spoken to is absolutely outrageous.”
The owner of the restaurant “Joe Delucci’s”, Mr Langsdon, told the BBC that the message was intended to be seen only by the kitchen staff.
“That shouldn’t come out on the bill, so we’ve got to find out what’s gone wrong there.“But we have apologised unreservedly to the girls concerned and said that they’re very welcome to come back and have a free meal and we’d like them to.”
He has also offered to donate the bill for their meal to charity.
At least the item was free…?
Restaurant sorry over F word bill [BBC]
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@Shadowman615: I thought maybe he would give them a copy of the bill so that the charity could make a sort of museum/attraction out of it and charge people to come see it.
@Daniel-Bham:
I thought the same…
Ha ha ha. Oh no, some customer found out that the staff isn’t just anxiously focused on them, but might actually be having fun in the back. I’d love to get a receipt like this. It would make my week.
It’s alright, it was only meant to be seen by the kitchen staff! I take it they also jacked off in her starter. Excuse me, waiter, but this feta is a bit runnier than I like it…
I used to enter “special” instructions meant for the kitchen staff only (but not as colorful as this one) when I waited tables. Thank God they didn’t print on the bill. That would have been sad. The waiter should have checked the bill when he printed it.
@Rectilinear Propagation: Haha, agreed. I’d be afraid to set foot in there.
Except I’ll bet that the server didn’t get a tip because it’s not as common to tip in the U.K. But he sure as hell didn’t deserve one, even if this had taken place in the U.S.! For all the complaining everyone does about tipping, it is nice to have the ability to tell your extremelly rude server “FU!”
I bet they were rude fuck faces, and the staff got pissed off at them and quite frankly, I’ve waited tables in my past, and people can really be prick fuck faces. This bitches likely got what they deserved (actually not, if they WERE fuck faces they should have gotten bitch slapped outta the restaurant) so fuck them those fucking fucks!
I’m not surprised at all that there would be such a line item. Look just above and, as part of the official receipt, you’ll see listed “Wet Sales Total.” How can you call that appropriate?
I think its a note to the kitchen staff that these people are assholes. Tells the kitchen staff to add the special stuff to the food.
many restaurants’ computerised ordering systems have item “modifiers” the servers use to tell the kitchen details about the order. Many of them are acronyms like “SOS” for “sauce on the side”. At one of the best restaurants in San Francisco, there is a modifier that simply adds “pita” to the item detail. Thing is, the restaurant does/has not ever offer(ed) this or any type of bread as a definable part of their menu. That’s ok, because “pita” simply tells the kitchen this customer is a Pain In The Ass. Even if it shows up on the bill, it isn’t prima facie offensive.
Geez…at least the waitress was nice enough to give you the 1 order of “Suck My Dick Fuck Face” for free. I couldn’t get that gratis from a restaurant if I tried.